Tony Ferguson
Penn lastly obtained himself some firm within the doubtful annals of historical past courtesy of Tony Ferguson, who additionally has the distinctive factor to his story of going from the longest successful streak in UFC light-weight historical past on the time to a record-tying all-time skid.
Ferguson was arguably one of the best light-weight on this planet round 2017-2018, however regardless of beating all of the competitors in entrance of him, he by no means obtained the prospect to actually show it. He had a quick run with the interim belt, however accidents, combat cancellations (significantly with Khabib Nurmagomedov) and different politics plagued Ferguson. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and he hasn’t gained since.
“El Cucuy” put collectively a 12-fight successful streak at 155 kilos, then within the UFC’s first occasion again after the pandemic hit, Ferguson fought Justin Gaethje for one more interim belt at UFC 249 in Might 2022. Whether or not he was impacted by a highly-criticized double weight reduce previous to the occasion, or simply merely was battered by the higher man in Gaethje, the magic of Ferguson has by no means come again after that night time.
Much like Penn, Ferguson’s dropping streak has been counterbalanced by the outrageous degree of competitors. His record-tying run of defeats got here to Gaethje, Charles Oliveira, Beneil Dariush, Michael Chandler, Nate Diaz, King Inexperienced, Paddy Pimblett. and Michael Chiesa.
No fighter on the record comes near Ferguson when it comes to the timespan through which the losses occurred. Sadly for anybody who merely appears on the variety of consecutive defeats on paper, they are going to see Ferguson alone within the historical past books.
Ferguson’s MMA report: 25-11
Ferguson’s UFC report: 15-9
Consecutive UFC losses: Eight
